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The Minister's Study
The way
the wind
blows
By Rev. Cathrine Campbell
Melville Presbyterian
When you are walking around
Brussels and look upward there are a
number of houses that have weather
vanes. Some are elaborate, some are
quite plain and some are just curious.
What did the owner mean by putting
that up? Some are not on houses at
all.
What they all have in common, of
course, is that they tell you which
way the wind is blowing.
And who cares?
Well, if you are a farmer you need
to know what the weather is going to
be like in the next while and the
wind direction can tell you a lot
about what may be coming next. It
does help to be aware of your loca
tion
When I lived in Brampton, the
wind from the west brought the
storms, the wind from the south
brought the heat and the wind from
the north brought the cold.
Rarely do I remember wind from
the east. It has taken me some time
to come to grip with the fact that
those that I meet on my morning
walks with Hector who then tell me
there is bad weather coming because
the wind is from the east are
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!
It still takes me time to figure that
out but at least I now understand it
has something to do with being near
Lake Huron and not Lake Ontario.
And the one thing you cannot do is
stop the wind. As scripture says “The
wind blows wherever it pleases. You
hear its sound, but you cannot tel)
where it comes from or where it is
going. So it is with everyone bom of
the Spirit." ( John 3:8)
And that is one of the many pieces
of good news in the scripture for it
tells us that God’s love is all encom
passing, all powerful and all caring.
God doesn’t look at us to see what
we want. He looks at us to see what
we need and then gives us the quick
ening Spirit to be able to do what is
most growthful in his sight.
Like the weather vane we are to
show the might, the caring and the
direction of God’s love. We do not
say, ‘Well I think I will face north”
when the wind is from the west any
more than the little windmill I pass
every day would decide it was tired
of showing the way the wind was
blowing so decided to stand on its
head for a while.
A spirit-filled life is a free life but
it is not an undirected life. For when
you acknowledge the power of
God's Holy Spirit in understanding
and accepting that we are God’s
creatures with a powerful guide in
our Saviour we have no further
cause for fear.
The Spirit, like the wind is a pro
peller for our sail, not a threat to our
house, and as we move WITH not
AGAINST this live giving wind we
will find that when we come to our
final mooring we will be on a heav
enly shore where we will know, with
thanksgiving, the reality of that Irish
Blessing.
"May the road rise up to greet you
and the wind be always at your
back.”
ftlea&e join u& [a* uimhip tfuA Sunday,
Morning Worship Service ~ 10 a.m.
Evening Worship Service ~ 7:30 p.m.
“Live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic,
love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. "
1 Peter 3:8
HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL
MISSIONARY CHURCH
Auburn - 526-7555
PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-9017
Give Someone
a Second Chance.
Discuss organ donation with your family.
the Kidney foundation of Canada
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
• Rev. Adrian A. Van Geest
A Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
Wheelchair accessible
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
7/au aie welcome this Sunday.
AUGUST 20 - PENTECOST 10
MORNING PRAYER
Trinity, Blyth St.Johns,
9:30 a.m. Brussels
Wheelchair accessible 11:15 a.m.
Rev. Nancy Beale - Rector - 887-9273
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Brussels Mennonite Fellowship
10:00 a.m. each Sunday
during August
(no Sunday School)
Everyone Welcome
Pastor Ben Wiebe 887-6388
BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Joan Golden - Supply Minister
Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca
The congregation of
Brussels United Church will be
worshipping at Melville Presbyterian Church
for the month of August
Ethel United Church -
No Sunday Services during the month of August
All are welcome to come and worship with us
Communion - 9:45 - 10:30
Family Bible Hour and Sunday School
11:00 - 12:00
Prayer & Bible Study
Tuesday 8 p.m.
Cornerstone
Bible
Fellowship <
Ethel
John 14:6 - Jesus said, "I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, no
one comes to the Father, but through Me."
Everyone Welcome
For more information call 887-6665
Kids!
It’s time for Vacation
Bible School!
Join Mr. Whittaker and the
Odyssey gang for Bible stories,
songs, snacks, crafts and games!
For kids ages
Jr. Kindergarten - Grade 8
Sunday
Wednesday
Friday, Aug. 18
9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Family Bible Hour
Morning Worship Service
Evening Worship Service
Prayer & Bible Study
Closing program for vacation Bible School.
All Welcome
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
11:00 a.m. - Morning Service
Sunday School
9:30 a.m. - Belgrave Service
Wheelchair accessible
Nursery care available
We welcome you to come and worship with us.
Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 887-9831
Blyth United Church
Blyth United Church
will be closed for the month of August.
Services will be held at the
Blyth Church of God.
Blyth United will re-open August 28.
Come Tho t n&A rr<?* ijviu rum vo
Sundays - 11:00 a.m.
Worship Service
Minister ~ Rev. Ernest Dow
ALL ARE WELCOME
523-4224
Blyth Community Church of God
No regular services
Sunday, August 20
Plan to join us at
Family Camp,
Thamesford, this Sunday
523-4590
In Search of Champions
Cornerstone Bible
Fellowship
85 Main St., Ethel
August 21-25th
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Plan to join us at Family Camp, Thamesford
Sunday, August 20
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You are welcome at the
BLYTH COMMUNITY |
CHURCH OF GOD
Sunday, August 27
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School
for adults & children
11:00 a.m.- Morning Worship
^ome early f°r c°ffee & donuts
A Stay late for potluck lunch J
to follow the
morning worship service
A special welcome to our guests,
the Blyth United Church Congregation
Please note ~ Vie will be meeting at our j
new church building
308 Blyth Road
523-4590 J